The imperial Russian dinner service : a story of a famous work by Josiah Wedgwood

Author(s)

• Williamson, George Charles
• Russia. Sovereign ( : Catherine II)

Bibliographic Information

The imperial Russian dinner service : a story of a famous work by Josiah Wedgwood

by Dr. George C. Williamson

G. Bell, 1909

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• The imperial Russian dinner service / a story of a famous work by Josiah Wedgwood.

  1909

  HathiTrust

  

Note

Plates accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress

"Three hundred copies only of this book have been printed for the ordinary edition. The special edition consists of ten copies only, printed on Japanese vellum."

[The service] "was made in 1774 by ... Josiah Wedgwood, for the Empress Catherine II of Russia ... the service presents a picture book of England, Wales, and Scotland as the countries appeared in 1774 ... Every single piece in it ... has upon it a view of some importance place in the United Kingdom."--Pref

Details

• NCID: BA66897932
• LCCN: 10024295
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 4 p. l., [vii]-xxi, 114 p., 1 l
• Size: 32 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : NK4335
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Wedgwood ware
  • LCSH : Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Pictorial works